Raphael Soyer

This is a large oversized hard cover book with 290 illustrations, including 77 in full color (many pasted in) published by Harry N. Abrams, New York in 1972. Contents include: Childhood in Russia; The Depression of the 1930's; Single figures of women, late 1940s and 1950s; New Developments; Statements by Soyer; Biographical Note: Selected Bibliography; Index and Credits. Raphael Soyer (1899 - 1987) was a Russian-born American painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Soyer was referred to as an American scene painter. He is identified as a Social Realist because of his interest in men and women viewed in contemporary settings which included the streets, subways, salons and artists' studios of New York City.